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be no impropriety , but even an ad vantage , in pursuing- a series of instructions perfectly unconnected with the descent of those languages , or with the periods Of the several discoveries and inventions of science . Yet in a < &iirse of tefcfcures , dfcliveifcd id an ftdddem leai aiidience , and laying claifrn tb tlie pr&ise of u systematical arrihjggftient /* we might well fexpect tte Strictest regard to the pytter of € fife liMnfe dispensations , fcfete , if fjriy' whfere , We might suppo ' sfe , tnat tfre tc stream winch maketh glad the dfttr of bur God / ' would b < 6 iieguterly
fraedd fVorti its fduntaiii head . * We c&ii Ifeafct of all overlook inattention to ttiis kind Of niethod , when num . liefrs of yduh £ nien a ^ e listening to a froffe&dttr of trinity , witn thfe expffess view of qualifying thettteelves to instruct others . Bishop Marsh can appeal , no doubt , to tbfe example of eanhtefcit men . Who have preceded him , rife lecturers and writers on the eViagite& 5 of Judaism and of ChristfeHity : Wfe , too , should tiiake a counter appfefel , < Ed we place * the issue 6 f the dufc&Wbi ! 6 n aSiihofitv , rather than on
^ Hncipfe . " Another fea $ on f 6 t his " b e ^ innih ^ \ fithtKe N ^ w Tefctang en t ( 3 ) , 1 b , iMUt tjib ptooh bf authenticity and credi-KiBty , in reftrfence to ihdividual ^ booTb . may be c 6 rlductefd moi ' e easily kria
rbtftb inteBS ^ ibly , than the siniihit d * ofofe in regard t ' o the Old Testament . ** In tfoftfewhat dnTerpnt lian ^ u ag e , Wr iting 8 of high antiqaity , are involved ih greitfer diirttnes ^ , witn respect to the cbrhposers and occasions of th ^ m , tBtfB wilting of a later dat 6 . Iftris ih ^ y teettiiW Vb allowed : btft tiit fact
will not justify the deviation upon wMt ? h we fcavfe ^ ih ^ d ^^ rted . Let t&e bbofes of tfhe Old Testatoeht bfe gx&pihtd 6 n tfeeir ^> wti gi-buhd ; ^ nd vtti ffefl ndt tfre tiKgU&i atjipi' ^ hto fAbti * ^ r &fe M ' sdlt c / f tKe % Ventig ^ - fibib ' Htt thrtn bfe ^ Con&ld ^^ d fti the f 6
< fr ( fe ¥ In wMdti th ^ y cMA hate tife % H ^ ritft ^ n ; rihd we eiftl ^ Wain iiot a dbubt 6 f thdtr 'Au ^ hbW Qr being e ^ talAished . t Had that briitet be ^ i ^ iftfpt-_ ^ , % his id admirably ^ one io D ^ . John Tjayior ^ s Scheme of Scripture DipinUff 9 & < W Whfdi a latp Itejri ^ s profeesor ( £ ( p .
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ed by the Bishop of Peterborough his difficulty in respect of a definition , would not , tave been greater than it is at preaent . It would still have been incumbent on him to state the mean .
ing in which « he uses certain term ^ and to have employed no other words than what agree with the character and circumstances of the records on which he lectures .
We cordfelty wisn that he had judged ft consistent with his undertaking- to give , in this part of his cotil ^ e y & repetition * or , at least , an ample suainiart ' , of those arguments
for the authenticity of the Pentateuch , which he delivered , from the pulpit of Great St . Mary ' s Church , more th&n thirty years ago , and the pamphlet containing which has deservedly reached a third edition . In the same
Compass , scarcely any topic has been better discussed . —But we must follow in the J > ath vvbich the Professor himself selects . To tbg greats part of the historical b *> oks of 4 $ fe OJd t ' estamfefit tW
terfei " auihenticity is inapplicable . We eaan ^ t & ^ y > tik&t a boek fe * u * thentto * 6 r written by the author to whoito it is ascribed , when the writer < rf that book fe unknown . Ndw by whoni th ^ severa l books of Josha ^ .
Judges , Rirtb , Sftmtfel , Kin ^ s > bM Ghronides w ^ re c ^ i ^ oscf * , we , toqtfestiona&ly-, aiie igharmit . Nev « i » - theles ^ , the ttertai " ere ^ ib ^ ity" is applicable to theM ell . Even where we cannot ati ^ ue from the kto&t ^ n % itu ^ tioh and ^ htfrac ^ er of the ^ vrke ^ , we
may have reason to bfelfeVfe , the ? t tb ^ ftnoitym 0 U 8 author wrote under cir-CHmstances whidli ^ itti Med tlitn to acquire a p ^ rfet-t k ^ Hv ^ edge of Ae fo ^ l ^ i ^ eeo ^ ded . Tfeeiife fe * E 6 Wi ? ng t 4 rWch more displays iht % e ^ Hiwit : y ^ « ii M ^ tn >* - ' ian , ofr exelit *® grater W&B&kiXto M the fchrtli < tf 4 £ b n « i * i * 6 rtive . thab
references to books of ailtlioHty * ^ vouchers . for Ub ^ w » < hi « ta « y * And it is virortky of iioticd , tlrttt daeh v * fei ^ jtic ^ a occur ehi ^ fly , 1 * ro » g h «<> J soiely , In tfa ^ books of Itoe ^^» ttW fcf «» Oto <^ ik ? l ^ , Wh ^ i te ^^ ft ** ***** lit ia «)« b to dfecdv ^ r * be ^ itffll ^ v . ITto flifabfy *< tf % ^ eadrtct IdatOiiflW ^
some account o ? a Course of ^ e ?} fl $ ! c AMmo ^ a WM& : $ ffi ; Wd $ nW * served .
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1 594 Review . —Bishop of Petfrb * r <> uJ # > 6 LHviniiy Lectures .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page 594, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/34/
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